Shroud of Turin Centers & Organizations

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Joseph Marino who compiled and updated many of the resources included on this page. Joseph is a noted Shroud historian and archivist actively dedicated to Shroud research. Since many international centers are included on this page, you may view the list by selecting a country from the Country Navigator Bar or by scrolling through the page conventionally. Use your browser's "back" button to return to the navigator bar.

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United States

Albany Center Turin Shroud (ACTUS)

ACTUS provided lectures, slides and motion pictures on the Shroud. It had a large photo exhibit to display and a library open to the general public. Rodger J. Apple, Founder and Executive Director of the organization, passed away on March 4, 1999.

American Shroud of Turin Association for Research, Inc. (AMSTAR)

AMSTAR was a multidisciplinary scientific organization formed by a group of veteran American sindonologists to study the Shroud of Turin, with an emphasis on its preservation and conservation. Mike Minor, co-founder, Vice-president and General Council, passed away on December 23, 2008.

Ariel Museum of Biblical Archaeology

The Ariel Museum was a non-denominational, self-supporting teaching and research museum of the Biblical period founded by Dr. Eugenia Nitowski, who passed away on June 14, 2007.

Association of Scientists and Scholars International for the Shroud of Turin, Inc. (ASSIST)

A consortium of groups and individuals dedicated to the scientific research of the Shroud, ASSIST draws on scholarly expertise around the world. It has nearly 50 members. The ASSIST group is seeking translators willing to donate time translating Shroud materials. It is also looking for old linen and old blood for testing. Write to Paul Maloney, the General Projects Director at:

Atlanta International Center for Continuing Study of the Shroud of Turin (AICCSST)

AICCSST was founded by Rev. Albert R. "Kim" Dreisbach to study all aspects of the Shroud. Fr. Dreisbach created the most successful Shroud exhibition ever mounted in the U.S. at the Omni Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He passed away on April 29, 2006.

Bible Discoveries Museum and Teaching Center

The Bible Discoveries Museum and Teaching Center was founded by noted Shroud scholar, T.V. Oommen. The center officially opened to the public in April 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum displays prominent discoveries relating to Old Testament and New Testament events and places, such as Noah's Ark, Gomorrah, Mt. Sinai, the Ark of the Covenant and of course, the Shroud of Turin. A collage on the Shroud features well known Shroud photographs and Shroud image findings. A picture CD is now available on the Museum and a donation of $10 is requested to cover expenses. Sadly, T.V. Oommen passed away on October 30, 2013 and the future of the center is unknown.

CSST was established in 1994 by long time Shroud researchers Dr. Alan and Mrs. Mary Whanger, as a scientific research and educational nonprofit organization to study, research and publish findings on the Shroud and other Relics of the Passion, and to disseminate this knowledge and promote general awareness. For further information contact the Whangers at:

Council for the Study of the Shroud of Turin
P.O. Box 52427
Durham, North Carolina 27717 USA
Tel: (919) 489-3279
E-Mail: adw2@acpub.duke.edu

This group promotes the Shroud through prayer, slide lectures, etc., and helped sponsor a conference in St. Louis in June 1991. They offer a book for $15.00US that includes all the papers presented at the conference. For more information contact John Schulte at:

This center opened its doors to the public on February 21, 2004. It is sponsored and presented by the Believers Christian Fellowship of Smithson Valley, a non-denominational Christian Church in the Texas Hill Country, north of San Antonio. The center has both ventral and dorsal lifesize, backlit transparencies of the Shroud on display and viewing is available by request or after any worship service at Believers Christian Fellowship. Their website has been recently updated (2014).

This monastery offers books, pictures, film strips, medals, leaflets and cards. It has a permanent display of photographs and related artifacts on the Shroud. The free exhibit is open to the public daily from 7:30am to 8:00pm. There are guided tours on Sunday afternoon and a gift shop is open on the weekends with Shroud related materials from the Holy Shroud Guild. Monks are available for conferences on the Shroud upon request. For more information contact:

This center has a large photographic exhibit based on the work of Msgr. Ricci, which is available for churches and organizations to display. A corpus is also for sale. For more information, contact Richard or Gerry Degraff, Executive Directors, at:

The Holy Shroud Center
2647 Brunswick Court
Lisle, Illinois 60532 USA

Holy Shroud Committee of Boston

This organization was chaired by Richard Orareo, long time owner and curator of the Boston Collection. In 2013 Richard moved his collection to Wabash, Indiana and opened the Museum of the Holy Shroud (see their listing below).

The Holy Shroud Guild

Founded in 1951 by Father Peter Rinaldi and Father Adam Otterbein, this organization and its founders were instrumental in helping STURP obtain permission to perform the 1978 scientific examination of the Shroud. Dedicated to promoting the devotion and scientific research of the cloth, the Guild makes available a large selection of Shroud books, photographs and other materials. For more information contact the Guild at:

The late Fr. Peter Rinaldi, co-founder and former Vice President of the Holy Shroud Guild, built a Shrine of the Holy Shroud in Corpus Christi Church, Port Chester, New York. A book is available. For more information about the Shrine, contact:

This group is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and veneration of the Shroud of Turin. Its goals are to increase and share knowledge about the Shroud, serve as a gathering place for those interested in the Shroud and promote its veneration. Members have access to books, exhibit materials, etc. The organization sponsored a Shroud of Turin Exhibit at Holy Cross College in August of 1995. Sadly, Bart M. Saucelo, M.D., founder of the organization, died on January 1, 2014 and it is unknown whether the organization will continue in the future.

Holy Shroud Society
2254 Portage Avenue
South Bend, Indiana 46616 USA

Holy Shroud Task Force of St. Louis, Inc.

This organization was founded at St. Louis University, June 23, 1991 by Rev. Aram Berard, S.J. and promoted further research on the Shroud. Fr. Berard passed away on November 9, 2008.

Imago Christi, A Shroud Interest Group, Inc.

This group's purpose is "research, study and dissemination of information on the Shroud." Memberships and informational material including audio-visuals, tapes and slides are available. There is a full size photographic positive of the Shroud (1931) by Giuseppe Enrie - a professional photographer. Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a tourist attraction and hosted a Shroud Conference (Seminar) in December 1994. For more information, contact Dr. Michelina LeMargie, Director, at:

This center published "Shroud Spectrum International", a quarterly journal that printed articles and research papers on the Shroud, including translations of papers published in other countries. This high quality journal was the first peer reviewed publication dedicated exclusively to Shroud research. It stopped publication in 1993 and Dorothy Crispino, the founder and editor, has retired and moved to Italy.

The entire Index and Table of Contents of Shroud Spectrum International have been available on this website for many years. In 2013 we began reprinting the back issues of the journal itself and eventually, all 42 issues will be available on this site in their entirety.

The Man in the Shroud Committee of Amarillo

Founded in 1985 by the Rev. Aram Berard, S.J., this is an ecumenical group of clergy and lay people. They have an exact replica of the Shroud by Vern Miller on display at the Central Library of Amarillo. The members give slide presentations on request to any group in the Texas Panhandle. Since Fr. Berard's death, I have no current address or contact information available.

Museum of the Holy Shroud

Formerly known as the Holy Shroud Committee of Boston, this organization was founded by Richard Orareo, long time owner and curator of the Boston Collection of Shroud art. In 2013 Richard moved his collection to Wabash, Indiana and opened the Museum of the Holy Shroud, a non denominational display of historical artifacts depicting the Shroud of Turin through literature, art and theology. See their excellent website for high resolution photographs of the collection and much more.

This organization was created by Mark Antonacci, who along with his colleague, retired physicist Art Lind, continue new research into the Shroud and its significance. As stated on their website:

With the passing of a generation of research and development, science may now be able to move beyond the question of authenticity and prove some of the most startling events in history, while disproving the results of the Shroud's controversial carbon dating.

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery

The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery has recently acquired a permanent exhibit of full-size images of the Shroud of Turin. The images are located in the anteroom of the Shrine's Lower Church.

The images were taken from the high-resolution specialty photographs of Barrie M. Schwortz, documentary photographer for the Shroud of Turin Research
Project. On display are two color positives and two black and white negatives of the Shroud, each 8 ft high and 4 ft wide. To facilitate viewing, the Shroud images at the Shrine are displayed so that the image of the crucified man can be seen standing upright.

The Shrine is open daily to the public from 6AM to 6PM. The Daily Conventual Mass of the Nuns is at 7:00AM with Priests available to hear Confession after
Mass. The Nuns chant the Liturgy of the Hours at 6AM, 11:30AM, and 5PM. Pilgrimages are available for groups of 10 or more and individuals are welcome to join in (205) 271-2986 or (256) 352-6267.

The Shrine is located about 6 miles from the intersection of Hwy. 91 and Hwy.
31 in Hanceville, Alabama. For more information go to http://olamshrine.com

Shroud Center of Southern California

Open since May 19th, 1996, the Shroud Center of Southern California provides accurate information on the Shroud and promotes further scientific research of the cloth. It houses an exhibit that includes life-size, back-lit color and black & white transparencies of the Shroud made from the 1978 photographs. It also has a gift shop area where Shroud books and other materials are available.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting the center's docents at:

The New York Shroud of Turin Society was formed in 2001and renamed Shroud Codes in 2014. Our theme centers around the inspired message of the New Testament: Christ, Our Redeemer, The Prince of Peace. We offer an insightful lecture about the Shroud of Turin with the display of framed, life sized photographic images of the Shroud, as photographed during the 1978 STURP investigation. An optional slideshow is also offered. We are available in the New York City vicinity & surrounding areas. PLEASE NOTE: Shroud Codes is seeking a new home to display our Shroud images on temporary display for times when we are not giving Shroud lectures. So if your church or religious facility is interested in scheduling a lecture or has room available to display our life size replicas, please contact us by e-mail for further details.

Shroud Exhibit and Museum, Inc.

This center was founded in 2009 in Alamagordo, New Mexico, by noted Shroud scholar Pete Schumacher, a name very well known to most Shroud researchers as the expert on the VP-8 Image Analyzer. Visitors can hear Pete's lectures, study a lifesize backlit color transparency of the Shroud, view dramatic 3-D images of the Shroud, see a real time demonstration of the VP-8 Image analyzer and much more.

On June 21st, 1997 the Shroud of Turin Center opened at Mary Mother of the Church Abbey in Richmond, Virginia. The opening was keynoted by a day-long presentation by Dr. John Jackson and his wife Rebecca. The Center has two goals: research and education. Historical research focuses on manuscripts and art of the first thousand years after the crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, scientific research on the problem of image formation and archaeological research on the late second-Temple period. The educational purpose of the Center is to inform, educate and inspire an ever-widening audience. To that end, they organized and sponsored a major International Shroud Conference in June 1999.

Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association, Inc. (STERA, Inc.)

Founded in 2009 by Barrie M. Schwortz, this non-profit organization currently publishes this website and has the collections of a number of STURP team members and Shroud scholars in its care, including the materials of Barrie Schwortz, Ray Rogers, Bob Dinegar, Mark Evans, Bill Mottern and the Rev. Albert "Kim" Dreisbach, Jr. For more information contact:

This was the organization formed by the group of scientists that performed the 1978 scientific examination of the Shroud. Although the organization itself was officially dissolved in October 1996, many individual members still are actively involved in Shroud research.

Shroud Sources

This organization publishes a bi-monthly newsletter of the same name, containing news, articles, etc. U.S. subscriptions are $10.00US per year. Outside of the U.S.A., the subscription rate is $12.00US, which should be sent via international money order. Jim Fanning is the editor.

A center for Shroud research and information directed by Dr. John P. Jackson, co-founder of the Shroud of Turin Research Project, Inc., and his wife Rebecca. Includes a Turin Shroud Exhibit, public lectures, classes in Shroud history and science and written and video materials. "Image", a quarterly newsletter, is available for $15.00US per year. Visit The Turin Shroud Center of Colorado Website which went online October 6, 1997. This non-profit organization can be contacted by writing to:

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, a permanent exhibit titled Who is the Man of the Shroud? opened at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Sacramento, California. Founded by the Legionaries of Christ, this is the third permanent Shroud exhibit the order has established. The first, the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, was opened in Jerusalem in 2006 (which I have reported on previously) and the second at the University of Rome. Plans are to continue to open similar exhibits in other countries around the world. Each exhibit includes a lifesize replica of the Shroud, two lifesize holographic images by Petrus Soons showing the three dimensional characteristics of the Shroud image, replicas of the instruments of the crucifixion and a beautiful, lifesize bronze sculpture of the man of the Shroud by Luigi Mattei.

This center has an excellent website and offers a wide range of Shroud related materials, including the lenticular images that show both the Shroud face and the famous Aggemian painting, depending on the viewing angle. Write, call or visit their website for more information.

This organization has produced an excellent traveling Shroud Exhibit which they regularly display in Vancouver, as well as elsewhere in Canada and the U.S. The exhibit, titled “The Man of the Shroud,” has been organized by a group of clergy and laity in Vancouver, British Columbia. Coordinated with the professional assistance of Meagan Kus, curator of the White Rock Museum, it consists of a series professionally-prepared documentary museum boards; a collection of recreated artifacts of Christ’s Passion; and an actual-size photographic reproduction of the Turin Shroud. The exhibit may be complimented with an international lecture series featuring some of the world’s leading authorities in Sindonology. Visit their website for more information.

England

British Society for the Turin Shroud

A forum for individuals from all walks of life sharing an interest in the Shroud of Turin. Members include well known Shroud researchers and authors. Publishes a newsletter two or three times per year. Write to:

NOTE:You will now find this Newsletter published in its entirety directly on this website. To read the Newsletter and get more information about the BSTS, see the"British Society for the Turin Shroud"page of this website.

France

C.I.E.L.T.

This group sponsored the international symposiums in Paris in 1989 and in Rome in 1993. Papers from these symposia are available, and a newsletter (in French and English) has recently begun publication. For more information write:

C.I.E.L.T.
50 Avenu des Ternes,
75017 Paris
France

Montre-Nous Ton Visage (Show Us Your Face)

This organization is devoted to all aspects of Shroud study, including devotional, scientific and historical. They have a variety of audio-visual materials available including a traveling exposition. Write for a list of materials available. Memberships are also available.

Israel

Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center

The Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center opened to the public a beautiful and permanent Exhibition of the Holy Shroud in July of 2006. The Center's excellent website, www.notredamecenter.org, includes photographs of the exhibition, contact information, hours of operation and more.

Italy

AMCOR - Amici Chiese d'Oriente (Friends of the Eastern Churches)

AMCOR is an organization which has a program with the Eastern Christian Churches. This association was founded in 2002 and maintains relations on matters concerning the Turin Shroud with many countries where they take copies of the Shroud and hold conferences about it. An excellent English translation of many parts of their new Italian language website can be found at this link: AMCOR.

This organization, originally named the Centro Romano di Sindonologia, was founded by Mons. Giulio Ricci, one of the world's leading authorities on the Shroud. It was renamed in his honor after his death in February 1995. The center offers books, slides, etc. President of the Centro is Padre Simone Maria Fioraso and the Secretary is Sir Antonio Cassanelli. For more information contact:

This center publishes the multi-language Shroud journal "Sindon", the official journal of Shroud studies and professional Sindonologists. An index is available for the first 22 issues. Subscription information is available by writing to:

This group offers a newsletter with excellent articles in Italian. Selected articles have been translated into English and can be found on the "Collegamento pro Sindone" page of this website. Prof. Fr. Gilberto Frigo, OFM, is the editor. Also available is a large library of books and articles.

Since the next public exhibition of the Shroud itself is not until 2025, the excellent Museum of the Shroud in Turin is an excellent resource of important Shroud materials and photographs and should be considered a "must see" for anyone visiting Turin in the interim. It is a perfect compliment to a visit to the Turin Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, where the Shroud is permanently stored. The Museum contains many historical Shroud related artifacts, including the silver casket that served as the Shroud's reliquary for hundreds of years. It also includes some of the historic, early photographs of the Shroud, including the original photographs made by Secondo Pia in 1898 and Giuseppe Enrie in 1931.

Mexico

Centro Mexicano De Sindonologia

This organization, founded in 1983 by Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, publishes a semi-annual newsletter, "Sindone", the Boletin Del Centro Mexicano de Sindonologia and holds monthly conferences on different themes related to Shroud studies. The current president of the Center is Adolfo Orozco Torres. For more information contact:

Portugal

Centro Português de Sindonologia e do Estudos das Relíquias da Paixão de Cristo
(Portuguese Centre for the Studies of the Shroud and the Relics of the Passion of Christ)

This Center was founded in the 1980's by Dr. Lagrifa Fernandes. On November 20, 2010, the organization sponsored its second national Shroud conference in Fátima, Portugal, titled "Encontro de Estudo e Reflexão sobre o Santo Sudário" (Encounter for Study and Meditation on the Holy Shroud). For further information you can contact Centro Secretary Maria da Glóra Moreira at:

Spain

Centro Español de Sindonología (C.E.S.)

This Centro produces the fine journal "Linteum," an attractive, large-sized publication that includes articles, news and copies of newspaper articles on the Shroud. Their research on the Shroud and Sudarium of Oviedo is highly respected and recognized worldwide. Contact Jorge Manuel Rodríguez Almenar, President, for more details: